Re: "missing" SAs/ENs?

On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 12:36 PM David E. Cross
<david@crossfamilyweb.com> wrote:
>
> We just had a big dump of multiple SAs and ENs yesterday.  At least one
> of those I know has been pending for months (and AFAIK was ready to go
> technically within days).  Additionally I know of and personally have
> been hit by 3 other things that I feel really should have been ENs and
> out by now (and am maintaining my own patches for):
>
> 1. loader handling of root geli disks is broken.
>
>      This one is a big deal, it completely bricks systems, there has
> been a patch for months.
>
> 2. userboot.so doesn't work when compiled with BIND_NOW. relatively
> minor, affects few people with non-standard build options, but likewise
> known for a long time, patch committed.
>
> 3. compile hang in certain circumstances with LLVM with CPU targeting on
> AVX512 processors.  Again, minor, affects few people with non-standard
> build options, but also know for a long time with a patch
>
>
> I suspect by the fact that I've personally hit these 3 that there exist
> many others that other people have hit that I have not (yet.
>
>
> It feels like there is a backup or stoppage of EN/SA processing.
>

I'm not familiar with #1/#3, but I didn't feel that #2 warranted an EN
and thus, didn't fill out a template for it. This is a non-standard
build configuration and has been broken for a long enough time that
there's almost certainly nobody else trying this at all, given that
yours was the first report. Errata notices are only issued on an
as-needed basis, when someone fills out the template and submits it.

Thanks,

Kyle Evans